childbearing

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The nation’s fertility rates hit record lows in 2025 as childbearing continued to shift toward older women, according to new federal data released Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Although I was certainly satisfied with the breast milk I was able to provide, I do wish I had known about D-MER during the childbearing process.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

The rising living costs in China and economic uncertainty also continue to deter childbearing, she added.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

“I’ve been in the business 51 years, and congenital measles only occurs when you have women in their childbearing years who are neither vaccinated or previously infected.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

No one knows for sure, but local doctors think that as many as 30 percent of all men and women of childbearing age who live in the vicinity of Mount Elgon are infected with hiv.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston